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Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
STORIES OF GRANT AND LEE.

| A Famous Relic-Gen. Lees Supply
Train-A Piece of Marble.
One of tie most famous relics of the re.
bellion was, until recently, in the possession
| of Mrs. Ord. but it is now owned by Mr.. Gun
! Their. a wealthy confectioner of Chicago. This
article was the identical table upon which
| Gems. Grant and Lee signed that famous
paper surrendering Lees entire army, and
virtually ending the great civil war. 1t is a
very ordinary piece of cabinet work, being
made of the cheapest materials, but having a
marble top. There can be no doubt but that
this is the table used on that memorable &C.
casion, as Mrs Ord had in her possession a
letter from Gen. y. S. Grant to that effect.
Until recently Mrs Ord refused all offers for
its purchase, but finally sold it to MIR. Gun
Their for 81 900, one-third of the price originally
asked.
you cannot imagine how regretted to
part with the table. said Mrs. Ord, with con-
siderable feeling "Mrs Grant wanted it, so
did Col Fred Grant end many others, but
they would not pay the sum | asked. Gen.
Ord thought a great deal of the relic, and
was always pleased to talk about it. He was
present when the surrender was signed at
Appomattox Court House, and knowing that
It's future value would be great, set it aside.
At the time Of the surrender the distinguished
party did not proceed to business until fully
half an hour after they had met. They
smoked their cigars and chatted about their
families and other purely private matters
Finally the conversation turned to the war
and the causes Of Lees surrender.
During this conversation Lee remarked to
Grant that be was unable to account for the
disappearance of his supply train. Had he
not have lost it Lee said that he would not be
in the situation he then was. Sheridan, who
stood at the back of the noted Confederate
generals chair, was perfectly aware of what
had become of the supply train, FOR he cap
tured it, Turning to Gen. Ord, he gave
mischievous wink. that, could Lee have seen
it. would have solved the conundrum as to
the fate Of his supplies.
an one corner of the marble top Of the
table is a nick about an inch long and proba-
bly, a quarter Of all inch deep. This was
caused by the hit Of Gen. Lees sword strlk-
ing the table when lie rose after signing the
paper. Themarble chip fell Off on the floor,
but Gen. Sheridan picked it up and put 1T in
his pocket | do not know what became OF
it,
Continuing. the lady said that the table Mrs.
Gen Custer has, and which she claims was
the one upon which Lees surrender was signed,
was not the table it purported to be, although
it is one OF great historic value 1t Is the one
upon which Gen Gibbon wrote the order that
was afterward signed by Grant, announcing
Lees surrender. Gen. Custer was present at
the time, and, after the other parties had left
the room seized the table and handed 1t out
of the window, telling one of his men to take
care of it for him.-San Diego Union.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
ARMS AND UNIFORMS.

The Needs OF Our. Elflitia-The "State
servicen Dress Mistake.
To argue about the advantage of a uni
formity of arms between the states and the
general government would seem to be
scarcely necessary, so palpable ought it to be.
For one state to have Sharps rifles, another
Remington, while the general government
uses Springfield Is to prevent an interchange
of ammunition and accouterments at time,
perhaps, when such interchange might be in
valuable. The inconvenience Of difference
of armament in the same state is open to the
same objection, only with still greater force.
With regard to uniformity of dress, how
ever, SO strict az to preclude all individuality,
the gain seems less pronounced.
The tendency at present is TO abolish regi-
mental uniforms in favor of state uniform
closely approximating to that Of the general
government. So far as fatigue or active ser
vice dress is concerned, this general uniform
ity of attire is undoubtedly advisable, but l
think distinctive uniform, and even snowy
one for dress occasions, has much to recon-
mend it A distinctive uniform gives esprit
du corps, undoubtedly tempts and attracts a
larger enlistment, engenders greater care in
fits preservation, and keeps alive the martial
fervor 1 remember talking to a French
officer on this subject, and be told me that
there were once but two sizes Of uniforms for
the French infantry, and the necessity of
every man to adjust himself to one of these
extremes caused greater dissatisfaction than
even could have been produced by short
rations.
Lord Wolseley is equally decided on the
value of dress uniforms. "The soldier is a
peculiar animal, he SAYS, "who can alone be
brought to the highest efficiency by inducing
him TO believe that he belongs to a regiment
infinitely superior to others about him. In
thoir desire TO foster this spirit, colonies are
greatly aided by being able to point to some
popularity in dress" Again he says: "The
better you dress soldier the more highly
will he be thought Of 10y women and conse-
auently by himself"
Smartness, beauty, picturesqueness has its
utility, much as this utlitarian age affects to
deSpise it, and we must not forget that if we
rob the soldier Of his glamour there remains to
him little but cold steel.-NOrth American
Review.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
A Coachman's Observation,

II was once coachnan for the duke Of,
and he had no finer horses than these in ali
his stables. Service is very different in Eng
land from what it is here. One thing strikes
me particularly, and that is this: In England
you serve his lordship, and when his lord
chip is not using the horses her ladyship is
., liberty TO use them. Here it IS different.
The lady is the one to be considered For in
stance, when my present employer engaged
me he said: William, your duties are not
many. but the most important of all viii be
IN consulting and obeying implicitly the
wishes Of Mrs. Keenan, When you have
pleased her your work is complete. You will
do exactly as she directs, consult her wishes
IN everything And so il is. II Mrs Keenan,
Is using the carriage Mr.. X. walks or patron
lies the horse cars or cab. The lady is first
always II isn't like that across the pond ~
Chicago Eerald
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Contents Of the Tramp's Bundle.

For many years have been devoured by
an intense and abiding curiosity to know
what tramp carries in his bundle. You
may have noticed that no matter where YOU
meet a tramp or under what circumstances.
he has bundle with him. 1t may be done
compactly up in a newspaper or tightly
wrapped in old and dirty rags; it may be two
feet square or no bigger than your fist, but it
Is always bundle of some sort, and one to
which he clings with the tenacity of death
itself. | have heard number of conjectures
hazarded as to its possible contents Some
critics have maintained that it holds food and
Others that it is mere dummy, contrived to
impose upon a credulous landlord at half
dime lodging house. l have read newspaper
stories of fortunes concealed in the tramp's
bundle, and been told Of occasions
when the bundle found in the possession of
dead tramp contained family papers and
documents to prove that the late unlamented
was person of high birth and exalted con-
nections. But of my own knowledge l have
never been able to satisfy myself as TO its
actual character, SO that when was accosted
the other day by tramp with the usual bun
die and plea for the price of o nights lodg-
ings, said to him:
Tell me what is in your bundle and I'll
give you dollar"
Honest" said the tramp.
/ assured him of it,
You won't give me away TO living soulE
u pledge you my word"
"Well, them" said my tramp, in a voice
full of alcohol and mystery. II don't mind
telling you. It's my full dress suit. You see
a Teller In my position has to move in society
good deal, and be must have his dress suit
ready, for he don't know when he may need
it."-Alfred Trumble in New York News.
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Homin- Pigeons at Key West.

Mr.. O'Donnell, of the United States signal
service, has gone to Key West, Fla, for the
purpose of establishing communication by
means of homing pigeons between that point
and the West India Islands, for thetbenefit of
the signal service Mr. O'Donnell viii COM
mence his experiments with about fifty young
birds. When properly trained he viii give
the birds to captains of vessels, who will take
them out to sea and lioerate them. At first
he viii take them out four or five miles,
gradually increasing the distance, until the
West Indies are reached. 1t viii enable the
signal service. if the birds can be successfully
trained, TO give quicker and more definite and
reliable information in regard 70 the prevail
ence and character of storms and tie condi-
ton of weather on the several islandS.-BoS-
srN,,
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03

In speaking of the large number Of deaths
OF English sparrows during the late rain
storms, Professor Otto LIgger, Of Baltimore,
says that, instead OF having been dashed TO
death, be believed they had been frozen in
midsummer. One day las: week he counted
forty sparrow lying stiff and cold within
distance a three squares. Re carried eight
home, examined all OF them and found no
bones broken. Four of them he warmed and
they revived. The other four never again
showed signs Of life. Professor Lugger gave
the. following explanation Of tie apparent
nleleSSness. after the storm, Of the birds.
most of which were young ones: In migrating
birds tiy against tbs wind ShoulS the V md
suddenly change and blow in the same direc-
ton as the birds are flying, and NJ a greater
rate Of speed. the birds feathers are blown
forward. tie skin Is exposed. an3 y cold driv-
ing rain viii soon chill tae birds and cause
their death. In this way, strange as il may
seem, the birds ni&y De said 10 have been
frozen in uaidsummsg. szRa;Qa TRANSCRIPT =
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03

IN ATHENS

mid thitte centuries of dust and mold
We grope with hopeful heart and eager eye,
And hail our treasure trove if we but spy
vase coin, a sentence carved of old
On Attic stone In reverent hands we hold
Each message from the Past and fain would try
Through myriad fragments dimly to descry
lNhe living glories of the Age of Gold.
Cainest of dreams, This rifed grave contains
OF Beauty but the crumbed outward grace.
The spirit that gave it life, Hellenic then,
Immortal and forever young remains,
But fiits from land to land, from race to race,
Nor taITies with degenerate slavish men.
William Crapston Lawton in The Atlantic.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
Punishfn~ a Dude.

ina Pittsburg theatre, the other night, a
citizen arose in his seat and violently haries
q potato at dude who was examining E.s
Ute cits2en'S) wife through Al opera gas:
and eaersupoa three OF foEr hundred persons
vigorously applagoed tas hilsoaHd--Sas
EsGk S41 -
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
To Clean Brass

iminerse or wash it several times In sepr
milk or whey. This will brighten it without
securing. II may then be secured with 8
wooden cloth dipped in ashes: or clean with
pumcestone and water applied with a brush
AN OLD tooth brush will answer--polisbin.
WIN dry pumicestone and WOODEN cloth. AT
'ianta consatution.
Wichita eagle., 1887-12-03
German Enterprise.

1t turns out t3at the pictures and statuettes
OF Gen Boulanger that have been sold in
such numbers III Paris were the product OF
German enterprise and have enriched German
pocketS-New Yo-k sun
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A Better Dsv Dawning.

The following extract Is from an
article by Michigan writer. With
very slight modification, which the
reader can easily supply in making
application to his or her own case, il
will bear transplanting to Southern
soil. and its truths be equally peril
nent:
1T win take another generation,
may be. to bring about more generally
the bright-minded. well-mannered,
cheerful hearted. healthy bodied farm
er. but he Il coming Is rapidly IS
evolution can bring him. 1t is to be
hoped that in tho lulls of the fsrm-year
he win take time to breathe - to
breathe and grow in grace and mental
and spiritual health. It il to be hoped
that he will have time Il. take his TAM
lily on long drives aud to meet bis
neighbors in enjoyable picnics by
lake. or ocean, or mountain
streamA or to sit down to an
evening game. or : neighborhood read
ing c,rcle. without falling asleep from
combined overwork AID mental stag
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EPIDEMIC OF HvsrERIA.

The Curious Convulslonist Mania Prevail,
4 Ing In an italian Province.
A curious outbreak of convulsionist
mania. analogous to those which oc-
Cured from time to time during the
Middle Ages, has shown itself at Agosta,
in the province of Rome.
For some weeks past the country
people have been laboring under the
delusion that the district is under the
Immediate government of the evil one,
and before retiring to rest they care
fully place on the threshold the broom
and the salt. which are credited with
the power Of keeping off evil spirits.
Many of the younger women have cpl
leptiform attacks. during which they
utter piercing shrieks and are violently
convulsed. So serious had the condi-
ton of things become that the Syndic
of Agosta found it necessary to inform
the Project, who sent detachinents Of
soldiers into the district in order to
calm the apprehensions of the inhab-
itants.
As a natural consequence Of this
condition Of mental perturbation the
country is overrun with quacks, who
claim to possess the only infallible
remedy for the seizures. One of these
nostrums, the vender of which was
making a rich harvest from its sale, was
found on analysis to consist of earth,
snuff and borax. Three medical men
who were commissioned TO investigate
the cause and nature of this extra
ordinary affection came to the conclu.
sion that it was an epidemic of hysteria-
They examined number Of the suf-
ferers, mostly young women. some OF
whom were alleged to have vomited
nails. horseshocs and other equally in
digestible substances, while others
barked like dogs. Several of them
were removed TO Rome for treatment in
the hospitals there. and measures have
been taken to check the spread of the
mischief.
In B milder degree this contagious
form of hynteria is not infrequent.
especially IA places where ignorance
and superstitiod faxor manifestations
Of nervous disorder The worst ex-
cesses Of popular ou<hreaks. like the
French revolution. have hem attributed
to similar influences, and with every
appearance Of Justice. -Br11t Medical
Journal ~
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About Trotting Horses.

In conversation with our old friend,
Billy Downing. we collected the fol-
lowing interesting facts:
Three fastest horses in the world:
Maud S., j. /. q. and Harry Wilkes.
Their third dams were thoroughbred
race mares.
A horse tn trot mile in 2:10 has to
go forty feet second, twenty feet q
stride. two strides second. Now to do
this he has to have plenty of thorough
bred blood in him to carry that clip up
q full mile.
Twenty-Five years ago in a three
minute race they would trot first heat
ESQ, next heat in three minutes. Now
in a three minute race first heat is in
2:30. second in 2:25 The thorough.
bred crosses have made this difference.
In few years there will be horses
to trot mile in two minutes. but they
will be nearly thoroughbred to do it.
They win have to have the trottine
cross to give them action. bone and
the level head. tho thoroughbred to
give them the stride and staying quail
ties.
1t is said that Lady Moscow, Flora
Temple and Goldsmith Maid. all great
mares, had not single cross of the
thoroughbred race horse in them. and
not one of them ever produced colt
that could trot in 2:30, and they had
from three to six colts each. Gallatin
Tennesseedn.
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nation. It is to be hoped that he win

AAo~O"s ~ - W w AiOlSC>A 1AA0s ~ " IA
subscribe for the choice magazines
and first-cIass newspapers. and that
he will occasionally buy book. and
know how to absorb the best in all
this good reading. 1t is expected tl.at
his daughters will know something
of music and painting. as well as of
fine housekeeping fower-culture and
Jersey butter. and that his sons will
find the farm so graded up to their
ideas Of comfortable and attractive
living, that some of them will
gladly stay at home Indeed. the
time is set for the cessation of that
lamentable stampede that empties
the country of its youth. and heaps
them upon the affairs of devouring
cities. You may think that such ces-
sation will be sad for the cities, but
the cities will perhaps still have moro
than they can decently care for.
One sees the signs of the uplifting
farm-life in many directions Tho
more convenient and artistic houses;
the improved stock; the magnificent
diaries; the increasing culture Of
choice fruits; the almost general
growing of window plants; the more
civilized country schools; the bud Of
promise that appears in Village Inn
provement" clubs-all these things
point in one direction-to the beauti-
flying and enriching of the country,
and TO the refining and ennobling Of
the country's children"
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brought to this Office. The potato
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cattle IN tne Argentine Republic mat
run on the pampas the year round
without 2uV feed but the native GRASSES
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Is to be Q goodly distance on the road to
chronic nervousness. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters II q nervine beneficent in both con-
ditions. The prosecuted, and therefore Oft
en- Offending organ, the stomach, is largely
responsible Tor nervous symptoms. lnvig-
crate it, and you will find that the sympa-
thetic nervous sensatiors disappear. Bill
iousness and constipation also contribute to
nervousness. Both are extirpated by the
Bitters, which is also invaluable for fever
and ague, rheumatism and renal complaints
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Dear Dsu: rnwrite you short letter
10 say I'm Wonderfully better:
How much that means you ought to knov.
Who saw me Just one month AGO
Thin, nervous. fretful. white Is chalk,
Almost TOO weak 70 breathe or talk;
a weary ,eyerpresent aching.
But now lie seems different thing:
feel as glad Is bird on wingi
say, and fear no contradiction,
That Piercea favorite Prescription
Il grandl Why, I'D have died Without nj
~ thinks there's no mistake about Il.
IT'S driven all my ills away:
Just como and sesl Yours ever. MAY.
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-FindlaY, O., can boast Of the only
mask factory in the United States. This
factory shipped 10000 masks during
one month recently.
Most of the southern iron shipped
north is carried in schooners. Cotton
manufacturers, it is said, may save
money by forwarding their products in
the same way.
Two young electricians Of Munich.
named Western and Helidobler, have
Invented asort of telephone which fixes
the spoken word on q chemically pre-
pared sheet of paper.
Peat fiber. after being Invested Of
the mud by heat and water. is being
used for the manufacture of paper.
The sweepings Of q house, cobwebs and
dust are being utilized for the same
purpose.
The National Toothpick Associa-
ton, Of Maine. expects TO manu- facture
enough wooden toothpicks the present
year to load train of fifty railway
cars. The number Of toothpicks to
make up that amount is placed at
5000, 900. 900. Most of the toothpicks
used in this country are made in Maine.
An instance of the value of photog-
raphy in detecting the relative motion
of stars is given by M. de Gothard.
Comparison Of recent photograph
with measures recorded by Vogel in
1867-69 appears to show that cluster
All G. G. contains an eleventh magni-
tude star which has changed its posi-
ton relatively to the other stars to the
extent of 2.3 seconds a year.-Boston
Globe.
I'm his recently published notes Of
naturalist in South America, Mr.. John
Ball says that at Tocopilla, on the rain
less west coast Of the continent, about
latitude ~ degrees south, he found
what he had often heard of. but almost
ceased to believe ina land absolutely
without any trace of vegetable life. He
could not even detect lichen, although
heexamined the rocks with magnify
ing lens for the purpose.
1T has been asserted by physiolo-
gists of repute that the nutritive value
of mushrooms was equal to that Of
butchers meat This view, however, is
not sustained by the investigations re-
Gently made in Vienna by DR.. Stromer,
who declares that fresh mushrooms do
not possess very valuable nutritive
properties. and are difficult of digestion;
that dry mushrooms are only slightly
preferable. and that both correspond
most nearly to cabbage in usefulness as
food.-M r Ledger.
The production of locomotives in
Europe during the year 1886 amounted
In England to 1900; Germany, 1000;
France, 1000; Belgium, 500; Austria,
400; Switzerland, 12O; Italy. 20; Sweden.
so; Russia, 40. and Holland. 20; in all
$500 engines. The largest works in the
world is the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
in Philadelphia, which is capable Of
turning out 600 per year. Borsig in
Berlin can produce 800 in that time
Public Opinion.
"A French physician announces that
distressing or excessive palpitation Of
the heart can always be arrested by
bending double. the head down and the
hands hanging, so as to produce tenn
porary congestion Of the upper portion
of the body. In nearly every instance
of nervous or anemic palpitation the
heart Immediately resumes its natural
function. If the movements of respira-
ton are arrested during this action, the
effect is still more rapid.--7ne Farmer
and Manu- acturer.
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PRIcnY ASH BTTTERs warm mp and in
vigorate the stomach, improves and strength-
ems the digestive organs, opens the pores,
promotes perspiration, and equalizes the cir.
culation. As corrector Of disordered sys-
tenn there Is nothing to equal it.
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lgunered with fever, hot head and foul breath,
1bore 1T week-surely was q Ounce -
Then took few "Pellets'-thsy cured me 1t once.
What Ounce, indeed, to neglect such q
remedy and suffer week, when quick re-
Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
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LOOK 6HARPl When your skin breaks
ont in pimples use Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
HIPS Hair Dye, Black or Brown, 6ccI
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A GKoRoIA girl has been born without .
chin. This win not make her less handy
with her stovs litter.
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Tn bank cashier of the period does no
lon worthy Of his steel-LUs.
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I1se wise COW that knows her own min
after It has passed through the bands Of {
dAiryman--GoodaLps SssA
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GINS whose sweethearts.;dote upon them
may prepare for the worst Time Ii great
anti-dote.-Aacon. Telegraph